BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//USC Center for Effective Organizations - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://ceo.usc.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for USC Center for Effective Organizations REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20230312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20231105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20240310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20241103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20270314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20271107T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Paris BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260421T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260421T093000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123510 CREATED:20260316T175920Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260316T183202Z UID:85029-1776758400-1776763800@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:EEN Session: Developing People Analytics Capability that Drives Results DESCRIPTION:Developing People Analytics Capability that Drives Results\nSession Leader: Professor Dana Minbaeva (King’s College London) and Alec Levenson (Senior Research Scientist)\nTues\, Apr 21\, 2026  8:00 am PDT (Los Angeles) / 11:00 am EDT (New York) / 4:00 pm BST (London)   \n1.5 hour duration\n \n \n \n \n \n Is your people analytics capability positioned to influence the workforce decisions that drive business impact?\nMany organizations have invested heavily in people analytics tools\, dashboards and reporting capabilities. Yet the strategic impact of these investments remains uneven\, with some analytics capabilities still focusing on reporting rather than business impact despite the desire of analytics professionals to contribute to organizational effectiveness. And now AI is starting to disrupt\, in both positive and negative ways\, how people analytics is practiced. \nJoin us for a live 90-minute Enterprise Effectiveness Network Session in which Dana Minbaeva (Professor of Strategic Human Capital\, Kings College London) and Alec Levenson (Senior Research Scientist) will share insights about how to advance within the People Analytics Maturity Matrix and approach people analytics as an organizational capability. Participants will gain an understanding of where their organizations sit within the maturity matrix; what actions to take to ensure analytics inform workforce decisions that drive business impact; and how AI is poised to alter people analytics strategies and capabilities in the immediate future. \nWho should attend? \n\nCHROs wanting to advance analytics as an organizational capability\nHR and People Analytics professionals involved in or responsible for producing insights that shape workforce decisions\nHR Business Partners involved in improving the quality of HR and talent decisions\nWorkforce planning professionals involved in using analytics in forecasting\nLine leaders that use analytics in functional and/or business unit decision-making\n\nYou can also learn more about the People Analytics Maturity Matrix in Dana and Alec’s co-authored book – Workforce Analytics: A Global Perspective (with Martin Edwards and Mark Huselid) available from https://workforceanalytics.net/ \nWhat’s the Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN)? \nThe Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) is a dynamic peer-to-peer community where we discuss and address talent\, organizational\, and strategy execution challenges. Led by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) experts Alec Levenson\, Jennifer Deal\, Sharna Wiblen EEN sessions are 90-minute virtual sessions founded on research-backed insights. By joining us for our EEN sessions\, you’ll gain access to expert and research-led discussions and practical tools and be part of a network of like-minded professionals committed to advancing enterprise effectiveness. Together\, we tackle real-world issues at a depth that drives meaningful\, lasting impact. \n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DANA MINBAEVA\, PHD\n \n Professor\, Kings College London \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC LEVENSON\, PHD\n \n Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/een-session-developing-people-analytics-capability-that-drives-results/ CATEGORIES:EEN ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/EEN-April-21-2026-Live-Zoom.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260312T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260312T093000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123510 CREATED:20260218T192922Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T200902Z UID:84812-1773302400-1773307800@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:EEN Session: AI Agents: Designing them to be your Friend\, not your Foe DESCRIPTION:AI Agents: Designing them to be your Friend\, not your Foe\nSession Leader: Alexis Fink\, PhD\nThursday\, March 12\, 2026 8:00 am PDT (Los Angeles) | 11:00 am EDT (New York) | 3:00pm GMT (London) \n1.5 hour duration\n  \n \n \n \n As AI agents take on greater roles\, we need to reflect on how we design AI agents so that they strengthen rather than destabilize our systems and organizations. \nAI agents are evolving from drafting emails and summarizing reports to prioritizing tasks\, triggering workflow processes\, approving actions and shaping decisions. And with the evolution comes a number of questions about how to ensure that AI agents align with internal governance structures\, decision-right frameworks and contribute\, rather than deviate\, from operational and strategic imperatives. Alignment is essential if we seek to design and deploy AI agents as friends\, rather than foes. \nJoin us for a live 90-minute Enterprise Effectiveness Session in which Alexis Fink (Senior Research Scientist) will talk about what it takes to design AI agents as productive tools that contribute to your operating model as well as the risks associated with failing to do so. \nWho should attend? \n• HR\, strategy\, and operations leaders integrating AI agents into enterprise workflows \n• Digital and technology leaders responsible for AI deployment and governance \n• Risk and compliance professionals assessing automation exposure \n• Industrial–Organizational psychologists focused on decision quality in AI-enabled environments \n• Senior executives accountable for enterprise performance and oversight \n• OD practitioners redesigning processes and authority structures in response to automation \nWhat’s the Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN)? \nThe Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) is a dynamic peer-to-peer community where we discuss and address talent\, organizational\, and strategy execution challenges. Led by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) experts Alec Levenson\, Jennifer Deal\, Sharna Wiblen EEN sessions are 90-minute virtual sessions founded on research-backed insights. By joining us for our EEN sessions\, you’ll gain access to expert and research-led discussions and practical tools and be part of a network of like-minded professionals committed to advancing enterprise effectiveness. Together\, we tackle real-world issues at a depth that drives meaningful\, lasting impact. \n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEXIS FINK\, PHD\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/een-session-ai-agents-designing-them-to-be-your-friend-not-your-foe/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/EEN-March-12-2026-Live-Zoom.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260303T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260306T170000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123510 CREATED:20250709T123418Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260207T173054Z UID:82296-1772524800-1772816400@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Strategic Organization Design Workshop DESCRIPTION:Deepen your understanding and sharpen your skills\n  \nOrganizational design is a cornerstone of competitive advantage and performance. The ability to design organizations that are efficient enough to drive performance and flexible enough to sustain advantage is a fundamental capability in today’s dynamic and competitive environment. Dynamic strategies call for new organizational forms that pose complex new design challenges at all levels and in all sub-systems of the organization.\nThis workshop provides participants with the principles\, frameworks\, and tools of organization design for those who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the topic. It also addresses the ever-increasing challenges created by a growing digital economy where work\, change\, and design issues are merging.\n  \nAttendees might include:\n\nHuman Resource Professionals\nLine Managers and Design Teams\nInternal Corporate Consultants\nOrganization Development Professionals\n\nIf you choose to continue the learning and obtain your Certificate in Strategic Organization Design\, register for Part 2: Strategic Organization Design Activation.\n \n \n \n \nCOVID-19 Requirements for the Event\n\nPlease click here for the latest requirements.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LOCATION:\nUniversity of Southern California\, Los Angeles\, CA\n \n \n \n INSTRUCTORS:\nChris Worley\nBeth Gunderson\nSPEAKER:\nLiz Vales Damron\n \n \n \n Registration Deadline\nFebruary 13\, 2026 \nPricing\nNon-Sponsor: $6\,195Sponsor: $4\,975 \nDiscount\nParticipants are encouraged to come as teams. Groups of three or more from the same Non Sponsor company will receive a 10% discount. \nQualifications\nAlthough this workshop provides a broad overview and hands-on tools\, it is designed for people with some grounding in organization design issues. \nCancellations\n\nOn or before 2/11/26 the cancellation fee is $250.00.\nFrom 2/12/26 to 2/23/26\, 50% of the fee will be refunded.\nRegistration fees are non-refundable for cancellations received after 2/23/26 and for no-shows.\n\n \n Register Here\n \n Agenda\n \n Contact Us\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CHRISTOPHER G. WORLEY\, Ph.D.\n \n Research Professor of ManagementPepperdine University &CEO Affiliated Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BETH GUNDERSON\n \n CEO Affiliate Practitioner &Minikahda Partners \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LIZ VALES DAMRON\n \n Principal at Liz Vales Consulting URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/82296/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Org-Design-Microsoft-Main-Graphic-2026.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260220T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260220T100000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123510 CREATED:20260206T180757Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260218T045228Z UID:84747-1771578000-1771581600@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:WEBINAR: Accelerating Microsoft’s AI Transformation: An organization design and development systems approach DESCRIPTION:Friday\, February 20\, 2026 9am PT | 12pm ET | 5pm GMT (1 hour duration)\n \n \n \n   \nIn partnership\, The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) & Organization Design Forum (ODF) present Accelerating Microsoft’s AI Transformation: An organization design and development systems approach with Ewa Kacewicz\, Head of Organization Design at Microsoft and moderated by Beth Gunderson\, CEO Senior Affiliate Practitioner and ODF Advisory Board Member. \nJoin us for the first CEO and ODF collaborative event\, bringing together the expertise of both communities for shared learning and connection. \nAs organizations accelerate their use of AI\, many leaders are discovering that technology alone does not drive transformation. Strategy\, structure\, workflows\, management processes\, and organizational systems must evolve together to translate experimentation into sustained impact. In this webinar\, Ewa Kacewicz\, Head of Organization Design at Microsoft\, to share how Microsoft is approaching AI transformation through an organization design and development systems lens. \nThe session offers a rare\, practice-based perspective on how large\, complex organizations can intentionally embed AI into the way work gets done\, while strengthening trust\, autonomy\, and continuous learning. Ewa Kacewicz will share how the company is accelerating its own internal adoption of AI tools. As “customer zero” in AI transformation\, Microsoft is testing and refining AI-powered ways of working internally before scaling them externally. You will see what the company is calling “The AI-Powered Operating Model\,” which builds on the work of Jay Galbraith\, Amy Kates\, and Greg Kesler to create a systems view of where AI can transform strategy setting\, workflows\, management processes\, and organizational health monitoring. We’ll share an AI Maturity Diagnostic that is helping Microsoft units move from experimentation to measurable productivity gains\, while fostering trust\, autonomy\, and continuous learning. A case study of Microsoft’s Data Centers organization will illustrate the practical application of these frameworks. Finally\, you’ll also see how the HR team is using AI to augment their organization design and development work. \n \n Register Here\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BETH GUNDERSON\n \n CEO Senior Affiliate Practitioner \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n EWA KACEWICZ\n \n Head of Organization Design\, Microsoft \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/accelerating-microsofts-ai-transformation-an-organization-design-and-development-systems-approach/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/CEO_USC_ODF_Microsoft-AI-Webinar.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260114T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260114T093000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123510 CREATED:20251111T050551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T163722Z UID:84335-1768377600-1768383000@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Navigating Short-Term Pressures and Long-Term Shifts in 2026 DESCRIPTION:Navigating Short-Term Pressures and Long Term Shifts in 2026\nSession Leaders: Alec Levenson\, Sharna Wiblen\, and Jennifer Deal \nWednesday\, January 14\, 2026 8:00 am PST (Los Angeles) | 11:00 am EST (New York) | 4pm GMT(1.5 hour duration)\n  \n \n \n \n A collaborative peer-to-peer dialogue about what enterprise effectiveness means in 2026. \n Our first Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) session of 2026 focuses on you and your organisation as we collectively pause to discuss what enterprise effectiveness means in 2026. Join us for this 90-minute session in which our EEN co-leaders Alec Levenson\, Sharna Wiblen and Jennifer Deal (all Senior Research Scientists) will share their insights into the opportunities and challenges which 2026 presents. The dialogue will then turn to you and your organisations questions\, queries\, concerns and comments about the year ahead. This session enables you to pause\, think and plan alongside our Senior Research Scientists and your peers.  \nWho should attend?  \nYOU and YOUR team members. This session is for everyone. This session is for you and your teams to step away from your immediate pressures and to be part of peer-to-peer dialogues to exchange ideas and build clarity around what’s really shaping organisational effectiveness in 2026 and beyond.  \n What’s the Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN)? \nThe Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) is a dynamic peer-to-peer community where we discuss and address talent\, organizational\, and strategy execution challenges. Led by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) experts Alec Levenson\, Jennifer Deal\, Sharna Wiblen EEN sessions are 90-minute virtual sessions founded on research-backed insights. By joining us for our EEN sessions\, you’ll gain access to expert and research-led discussions and practical tools and be part of a network of like-minded professionals committed to advancing enterprise effectiveness. Together\, we tackle real-world issues at a depth that drives meaningful\, lasting impact. \n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC LEVENSON\, PhD\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SHARNA WIBLEN\, PhD\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n JENNIFER J. DEAL\, PhD\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/navigating-short-term-pressures-and-long-term-shifts-in-2026/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/EEN-Jan-14-2026.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260108T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260108T100000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123510 CREATED:20251202T204401Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251203T044344Z UID:84478-1767862800-1767866400@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:NHRA Los Angeles Economic Update DESCRIPTION:NHRA Los Angeles Economic Update\nSession Leader: Alec Levenson\nThursday\, January 8\, 20269am PST | 12pm EST | 5pm GMT (1 hour duration)\n  \n \n \n \n In early January of 2025\, no one expected the “year of living dangerously economically” that quickly ensued. Join the Los Angeles Chapter of the NHRA and Alec Levenson for an engaging webinar on the economic outlook for 2026\, where we’ll cut through the noise of an exceptionally turbulent 2025—marked by rapid advances in AI reshaping industries\, heightened tariffs and global trade uncertainty\, and persistent inflation pressures that challenged businesses and consumers alike. Alec Levenson will break down what these and other shifts mean for the year ahead\, offering clear insights on emerging risks\, growth opportunities\, and practical strategies to navigate an increasingly complex economic landscape. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC LEVENSON\, PHD\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/nhra-los-angeles-economic-update/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/CEO_NHRA_Economic-Update.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251209T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251209T090000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123510 CREATED:20251125T003455Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251205T181425Z UID:84405-1765267200-1765270800@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:WEBINAR: AI and Beyond: The Strategic Challenges Facing HR Today DESCRIPTION:A candid conversation with two world-class leaders on what’s reshaping HR and how best to respond with Susan Kelliher\, Former CHRO\, The Chemours Company and Patrick McLaughlin\, Former CHRO\, PepsiCo Foods North America. \nTuesday\, December 9\, 20258am PT | 11am ET | 4pm BST (1 hour duration)\nJoin two of the most respected voices in HR leadership—Susan Kelliher\, former CHRO of Chemours\, and Patrick McLaughlin\, former CHRO of PepsiCo Foods North America—for a candid\, forward-looking conversation grounded in decades of experience leading world-class HR organizations. This session will explore the real challenges facing the HR function today and in the years ahead: not only the disruptive rise of AI\, but the broader set of strategic\, organizational\, and workforce changes reshaping how companies operate. \nSusan and Patrick will reflect on the strengths HR brings to these challenges\, the blind spots and systemic limitations that leaders must manage\, and the strategies they have used to help their organizations thrive. \n  \n \n Register Here\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SUSAN KELLIHER\n Former CHRO\, The Chemours Company\, CEO Advisory Board Member \n Former CHRO\, The Chemours Company\, CEO Advisory Board Member \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PATRICK MCLAUGHLIN\n Former CHRO\, PepsiCo Foods North America\, CEO Advisory Board Member \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC LEVENSON\, PHD\n Senior Research Scientist\, Center for Effective Organizations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/ai-and-beyond-the-strategic-challenges-facing-hr-today/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Using-AI-to-Transform-Organizations-The-Promise-and-Barriers-16.png ORGANIZER;CN="Jennifer Sparks":MAILTO:sparksj@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251204T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251204T190000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123511 CREATED:20251020T005559Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T174541Z UID:83710-1764871200-1764874800@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:APAC EEN: Getting Your HR Tech Stack (and Strategy) Back on Track DESCRIPTION:APAC EEN: Getting Your HR Tech Stack (and Strategy) Back on Track\nSession Leader: Sharna Wiblen\nThursday\, December 4\, 2025 6:00 pm PST (Los Angeles) | 9:00 pm EST (New York)Friday\, December 5\, 2025 1:00 pm AEST (Sydney) | 10 am CST (Beijing) | 7:30 am IST (Delhi)(1 hour duration)\n  \n \n \n \n More investment in tech\, but still achieving little (strategic) progress? Then it’s time to stop wasting financial and human resources and shift from digital activity to strategic intent. \nHuman Resources (HR) technology is everywhere. Yet\, for many organizations\, the result is an ever-growing HR tech stack without a corresponding advancement in talent strategy. The pattern is familiar: adding tools to fix local problems\, filling gaps with short-term solutions\, and adopting vendor-designed workflows that shape how you make talent decisions. The consequence? Complexity\, as well as financial and human waste increases\, accountability dilutes and strategic drift occurs. \nJoin us for a live 60- minute APAC-timed Enterprise Effectiveness (EEN) session in which Sharna Wiblen (Senior Research Scientist) will share insights from this year’s HR Tech Conference and illustrate how buying more technology can take you further away from your strategic intent. You’ll learn what you can do to put your talent strategy back on track. \nWho should attend? \n\nHR and OD professionals seeking to realign their HR technology investments with strategic business outcomes\nHR and OD professionals seeking practical approaches to simplify\, integrate\, and optimize complex digital ecosystems\nHR and OD professionals seeking to reduce digital\, financial\, and process waste in talent systems\nIndustrial–Organizational psychologists interested in improving the precision and impact of digital talent decisions\nSenior executives and decision-makers accountable for ensuring that technology enables — rather than dictates — strategy\nOD practitioners involved in diagnosing\, auditing\, and redesigning HR processes and structures for enterprise effectiveness\nTalent management leaders seeking to move from digital accumulation to intentional\, strategy-first advancement\n\nWhat’s the Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN)? \nThe Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) is a dynamic peer-to-peer community where we discuss and address talent\, organizational\, and strategy execution challenges. Led by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) experts Alec Levenson\, Jennifer Deal\, Sharna Wiblen EEN sessions are 90-minute virtual sessions founded on research-backed insights. By joining us for our EEN sessions\, you’ll gain access to expert and research-led discussions and practical tools and be part of a network of like-minded professionals committed to advancing enterprise effectiveness. Together\, we tackle real-world issues at a depth that drives meaningful\, lasting impact. \n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SHARNA WIBLEN\, Ph.D.\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/apac-een-getting-your-hr-tech-stack-and-strategy-back-on-track/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:EEN ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/EEN-APAC-Dec-4-2025-Live-Zoom.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251120T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251120T090000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123511 CREATED:20251021T162553Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T015702Z UID:83764-1763625600-1763629200@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Using AI to Transform Organizations: The Promise and Barriers DESCRIPTION:Using AI to Transform Organizations: The Promise and Barriers\nSession Leaders: Alexis Fink\, John Boudreau\, and Alec Levenson\nThursday\, November 20\, 20258am PST | 11am EST | 4pm GMT (1 hour duration)\n  \n \n \n \n AI is bringing a tsunami of change\, challenge and opportunity to organizations. Everything from product development and backend operations\, to the basics of how work is organized and executed is being reconsidered and redesigned by the organizations who are leading this revolution. \nYet for all the hype\, progress on the ground is slower than expected in most organizations. Disappointing deployments are giving leadership pause. \nOrganizations are coming to the realization that winning with AI isn’t a technology problem\, it’s a transformation problem. Capitalizing on the incredible power offered by generative AI and advanced analytics requires strategic clarity\, sound data\, thoughtful governance and effective staff. \nOn November 20\, join Alexis Fink\, John Boudreau and Alec Levenson for a lively conversation about how organizations can set themselves up for success in the age of AI. We’ll cover: \n\nCompetitive advantage: How to target your AI investments at projects with real ROI – and why simply mandating LLM use won’t deliver the results you need\nRedesigning work: How breaking work and business processes down to the task level unlocks design options and paves the way to efficiency\, effectiveness … and better work for humans\nBuilding guardrails: How to safeguard your AI systems to deliver reliable\, useful results\n\n \n \n \n \n \n View the Slides\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEXIS FINK\, Ph.D.\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n JOHN BOUDREAU\, Ph.D.\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC LEVENSON\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/using-ai-to-transform-organizations-the-promise-and-barriers/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Using-AI-to-Transform-Organizations-The-Promise-and-Barriers2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251119T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251119T093000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123511 CREATED:20251016T055558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251020T005214Z UID:83546-1763539200-1763544600@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Capitalizing on GenAI for Business Process Transformation DESCRIPTION:Capitalizing on GenAI for Business Process Transformation\nSession Leaders: Alexis Fink and Alec Levenson\nWednesday\, November 19\, 2025\n8am PST | 11am EST | 4pm GMT (1.5 hour duration)\n \n \n \n \n Want to use GenAi to improve strategic impact\, but don’t know how? Then it’s time to move from curiosity and confusion to capability building. \nThe rhetoric and allure of GenAI are compelling – but how do you move from hype to reality? How do you shift from curiosity and confusion to a context where GenAI is intentionally deployed for strategic impact? Organizations that successfully design and deploy AI that delivers business value and ROI will build the structural\, cultural and internal decision-making capabilities needed for impactful transformation.\nJoin us on Wednesday 19th November for a live 90-minute Enterprise Effectiveness (EEN) session in which Alexis Fink (Senior Research Scientist) and Alec Levenson (Senior Research Scientist) will discuss how organizations can connect internal capabilities with intent to translate AI’s potential into purposeful organizational effectiveness and business value. You’ll gain insights into how to identify and prioritize high-value AI opportunities within your business processes and learn more about CEO’s forthcoming AI for Business Transformation Labs. \nWho should attend? \n\nHR and OD professionals seeking to understand how to deploy GenAI to enhance business processes and strategic outcomes\nHR and OD professionals seeking frameworks for responsible\, effective\, and scalable AI adoption\nHR and OD professionals seeking to connect digital capability with organizational intent\nIndustrial–Organizational psychologists interested in the behavioral and structural implications of AI adoption\nSenior executives and decision-makers accountable for driving enterprise-wide digital transformation and ROI\nOD practitioners involved in designing systems\, structures\, and decision frameworks that enable AI-driven effectiveness\nBusiness and unit leaders seeking to move from AI experimentation to measurable\, strategic impact\n\nWhat’s the Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN)? \nThe Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) is a dynamic peer-to-peer community where we discuss and address talent\, organizational\, and strategy execution challenges. Led by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) experts Alec Levenson\, Jennifer Deal\, Sharna Wiblen EEN sessions are 90-minute virtual sessions founded on research-backed insights. By joining us for our EEN sessions\, you’ll gain access to expert and research-led discussions and practical tools and be part of a network of like-minded professionals committed to advancing enterprise effectiveness. Together\, we tackle real-world issues at a depth that drives meaningful\, lasting impact.\n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEXIS FINK\, Ph.D.\n \n Senior Research Scientist\, Former VP\, People Analytics & Workforce Strategy\, Meta\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC LEVENSON\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/capitalizing-on-genai-for-business-process-transformation/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:EEN ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/EEN-November-19-2025-Live-Zoom.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20251104T083000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20251107T113000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123511 CREATED:20250502T213737Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251015T214859Z UID:81572-1762245000-1762515000@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Strategic Organization Design Workshop DESCRIPTION:Part 1: Strategic Organization Design Workshop (11/4/25-11/7/25)\n\nAbout the Strategic Organization Design Workshop\nDeepen your understanding and sharpen your skills: Organizational design is a cornerstone of competitive advantage and performance. The ability to design organizations that are efficient enough to drive performance and flexible enough to sustain advantage is a fundamental capability in today’s dynamic and competitive environment. Dynamic strategies call for new organizational forms that pose complex new design challenges at all levels and in all sub-systems of the organization.\nThis workshop provides participants with the principles\, frameworks\, and tools of organization design for those who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the topic. It also addresses the ever-increasing challenges created by a growing digital economy where work\, change\, and design issues are merging.\nAttendees might include:\n\nHuman Resource Professionals\nHuman Resource Business Partners\nHuman Resource COE Professionals\nLine Managers and Design Teams\nInternal Corporate Consultants\nOrganization Development Professionals\nTalent Management\, Total Rewards\, HR Operations\nInternal Consultants\n\nEarn 24 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for your SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification.\nPlease note that the Strategic Organization Design Workshop is also eligible for exclusive public funding through the Compte Personnel de Formation (CPF)\, which is a personal training account\, available to France-based employees. Since January 1\, 2019\, CPF accounts are credited in euros- up to a maximum of €5\,000- and allow individuals to fund eligible professional training prgrams at any point in their career.\nIf you or colleagues are France-based employees\, you can view your CPF balance and register for the Strategic Organization Design workshop\, which will be held on November 4-7\, 2025 in Paris by logging into your secure account at moncompteformation.gouv.fr. For more information and further assistance\, please contact Jennifer Sparks Taylor at sparksj@marshall.usc.edu.\n  \nEarn Your Certificate in Organization Design\nIf you choose to continue the learning and obtain your Certificate in Strategic Organization Design\, register for Part 2: Strategic Organization Design Activation.\n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LOCATION:\nRennes School of Business9 Rue d’Athènes\, 75009Paris\, France\nThe program will be delivered in English.\n  \n \n \n \n INSTRUCTOR:\nChris Worley\nGUEST SPEAKER:\nNicholas Rolland\n \n \n \n Registration Deadline\nOctober 3\, 2025 \nCost\nNon-Sponsor: $6\,195 USDSponsor: $4\,975 USD \nWhen signing up for the Strategic Organization Design workshop\, groups of three or more from the same Non-Sponsor company will receive a 10% discount.  Contact Vivian Jimenez to receive this discount. \nDoes not include registration for Part 2: Strategic Org Design Activation. Contact us to learn more about earning your Organization Design Certificate by taking both Part 1 and 2. \n  \nQualifications\nAlthough this workshop provides a broad overview and hands-on tools\, it is designed for people with some grounding in organization design issues. \nIndividuals Needing Accommodations\nWe request that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE EVENT. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations effectively and timely. Individuals who require additional accommodations to attend this event should contact Vivian Jimenez at vivianji@marshall.usc.edu or 213-740-9814. \nCredits/CEUs\n\n3 CEUs\nCourse #: CEO-001\nFaculty: Chris Worley and Beth Gunderson (tentative)\n\nCOVID-19 Requirements\n\nCurrently\, there are no restrictions or limitations for visitors.\nCovid-19 vaccinations and boosters are recommended.\n\nRefunds and Cancellations\n\nOn or before 10/3/25 the cancellation fee is $250.00.\nFrom 10/4/25 to 10/31/25\, 50% of the fee will be refunded.\nRegistration fees are non-refundable for cancellations received after 11/1/25 and for no-shows.\n\nAdditional Questions?\nEmail the Program Manager\, Vivian Jimenez\, at  vivianji@marshall.usc.edu. \n \n \n \n \n \n Download the Brochure\n \n Register Here\n \n Workshop Agenda\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP INSTRUCTOR\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CHRISTOPHER G. WORLEY\, Ph.D.\n \n Senior Affiliate Research Scientist\, CEO USC Marshall School of Business\, Professor Emeritus of Management Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business\, Clinical Professor\, Rennes School of Business URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/strategic-organization-design-workshop-rennes-paris/ LOCATION:Rennes School of Business 9 Rue d’Athènes\, 75009 Paris\, France\, 75009\, France CATEGORIES:Org Design ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/USC-CEO-Nov-2025-Org-Design-Main-Graphic3.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251023T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251023T093000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123511 CREATED:20250723T022326Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T011109Z UID:82449-1761206400-1761211800@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Structuring HR and Talent Processes for Organizational Effectiveness DESCRIPTION:Structuring HR and Talent Processes for Organizational Effectiveness\nSession Leaders: David Oliver (PepsiCo)\, Alec Levenson and Sharna Wiblen\nThursday\, October 23\, 2025\n8am PDT | 11am EDT | 4pm BST (1.5 hour duration)\n \n \n \n \n Can HR (re)structure HR and talent processes while balancing enterprise-wide consistency with local agility? \nJoin us on October 23rd\, 2025\, for a live Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) session in which David Oliver (VP\, Talent Management at PepsiCo North America)) will share his experiences in effectively structuring HR and talent processes in ways that navigate enterprise needs while also allowing for local business and product needs. You’ll gain insights into PepsiCo’s HR journey in recent years and how to establish and enable enterprise-wide consistency while maintaining appropriate levels of local agency and agility. \nWho should attend? \n\nHR and OD professionals seeking to understand how to redesign work for business outcomes\nHR and OD professionals seeking strategies for navigating enterprise and local needs\nHR and OD professionals seeking to decrease waste and inefficiency in HR and talent processes\nIndustrial Organizational psychologists interested in enhancing workforce agility and organizational effectiveness\nSenior executives and decision-makers responsible for driving organizational change and workforce transformation\nOD Practitioners associated with designing effective organizational structures and ensuring that policies and practices meet business and local needs\nTalent Management Leaders wanting to structure roles\, polices and processes\n\nWhat’s the Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN)? \nThe Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) is a dynamic peer-to-peer community where we discuss and address talent\, organizational\, and strategy execution challenges. Led by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) experts Alec Levenson\, Jennifer Deal\, Sharna Wiblen EEN sessions are 90-minute virtual sessions founded on research-backed insights. By joining us for our EEN sessions\, you’ll gain access to expert and research-led discussions and practical tools and be part of a network of like-minded professionals committed to advancing enterprise effectiveness. Together\, we tackle real-world issues at a depth that drives meaningful\, lasting impact.\n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n DAVID OLIVER\n \n VP\, Talent Management at PepsiCo \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC LEVENSON\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SHARNA WIBLEN\, Ph.D.\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/structuring-hr-and-talent-processes-for-organizational-effectiveness/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:EEN ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/EEN-Oct-23-2025.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251008T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251105T110000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123511 CREATED:20240301T234601Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251001T153658Z UID:77346-1759910400-1762340400@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Driving Organizational Change with Data - in the Age of AI DESCRIPTION:This masterclass addresses a critical challenge facing HR Business Partners (HRBPs)\, Organization Development (OD)\, and People Analytics (PA). OD and PA are organized and implemented as separate spheres of expertise\, with HRBPs drawing from both to help in their work. The problem for the business and HR is that this disjointed approach leaves tremendous value on the table\, impacting strategy execution and organizational effectiveness. It also makes responding to and integrating AI into the work of HR more challenging than it needs to be. \n HR needs a more integrated approach to reveal actionable insights and produce meaningful change. All three groups have substantial room for improvement in their practice: \n\nHRBPs are stretched too thin to effectively use the best insights from both OD and PA.\nOD needs to make better use of data\, measurement and AI in the process of diagnosing systems challenges and driving change.\nPeople Analytics needs to be more closely aligned and integrated with the interpersonal and change work of OD and the HRBPs.\n\nThis workshop provides tools\, frameworks and insights for all three groups to improve practice and business impact\, including the following: \n\nTurn data into C Suite decision making: Data and analytics efforts too often focus on finding facts to demonstrate “objective” realities in the organization without ensuring they resonate with the right audience. The workshop shows how to influence leaders and drive the right interpretation and actions based on the data\, including the emerging insights AI provides.\nIntegrate analytics and OD to activate successful org change and transformation: Successful change requires the right mix of process\, measurement and action. Combine the best data and measurement tools from the analytics world\, with the dynamic tools and frameworks used by OD to diagnose\, guide and deliver organizational change and transformation programs that work.\nTactics to engage senior business leaders: Deploying the right mix of OD plus analytics to engage key stakeholders and decision makers is both art and science. The workshop shows how to strike the right balance to achieve maximum results.\nConduct org diagnostics using qualitative and quantitative analysis: Classic analytics approaches rely too heavily on analyzing and collecting data from individuals\, rather than the teams and org units where the business and strategic outcomes are realized. Comprehensive org diagnostics of the drivers of business performance require a combination of case study and systems analytics\, and leveraging the new tools provided by AI.\n\nWho should attend\n\nHR business partners\nOD professionals\nPeople analytics professionals\n\nAttendees will earn 15 Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification. \nMasterclass faculty\nThe masterclass is taught by three highly respected thought and practice leaders in the HR\, analytics and OD communities. They bring over six decades of experience solving organizational performance and change challenges in leading companies: \n\nAlec Levenson\, Senior Research Scientist\, Center for Effective Organizations\nMaura Stevenson\, Chief Human Resources Officer\, MedVet and Affiliate Research Scientist\nAlexis Fink\, Senior Research Scientist\, Center for Effective Organizations\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Agenda\n \n Register Here\n \n \n \n ONLINE EVENT\nOct 8\, 20\, 22\, 27\, Nov 3 & 5\, 2025 (Six Sessions) 8am – 11am PT / 11am – 2pm ET\nEach day the sessions will run for 3 hours\, with a 30 minute break after 90 minutes (so 90 minutes; break for 30; then back for another 60 minutes) \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS:\nAlec Levenson\nMaura Stevenson\nAlexis Fink\n \n \n \n Registration Deadline\nOctober 3\, 2025 \nPricing\nNon-Sponsor: $1\,995Sponsor: $1\,695 \nDiscount\nTeams of 3 or more people from the same NON-SPONSOR company who register at the same time are eligible to receive a 10% discount.  Please contact Vivian Jimenez for details. If you are with a CEO Sponsor company\, please log into your MyCEO account to obtain your discount code or contact us. \nTo pay by check or invoice\nClick on the registration link above. Once on the registration page\, click the “Show other payment options” link below the green “Register” button. Select “Pay Offline\,” fill-in the form and choose “Send Invoice.” \nCancellations\nOn or before 9/15/25 the cancellation fee is $250.00. From 9/16/25 to 9/30/25\, 50% of the fee will be refunded. Registration fees are non-refundable for cancellations received after 9/30/25 and for no-shows. \nCREDITS / CEUs:\nThe following Continuing Education Units (CEU) are available for this workshop: \n• 2 CEUs • Course #: CEO-012 • Faculty: Alec Levenson\, Maura Stevenson\, and Alexis Fink \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC R. LEVENSON\n Senior Research Scientist\, Center for Effective Organizations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MAURA STEVENSON\n Chief Human Resources Officer\, MedVet & CEO Affiliated Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEXIS FINK\n Senior Research Scientist\, Center for Effective Organizations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/driving-org-change-with-data/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Driving Organizational Change with Data ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/2025-Driving-Organizational-Change-Graphic-JPG.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250925T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250926T170000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123511 CREATED:20250723T154247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T185842Z UID:82470-1758787200-1758906000@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:2025 Strategic ERG Leadership Summit (Virtual) DESCRIPTION:Current & Past Sponsors\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ERG Summit Info\, Agenda & Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sponsorships\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Innovation & Success Sharing Competition\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Certificate Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The 2025 Strategic ERG Leadership Summit\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) at the USC Marshall School of Business\, in partnership with Presenting Sponsor Ecolab Inc.\, invites you to participate in the in-person edition of the 2025 Strategic Employee Resource Group (ERG) Leadership Summit\, taking place virtually\, September 25-26\, 2025. \nNow in its 13th year\, this data-driven learning event continues to be a premier gathering for ERG leaders and executive sponsors. Whether you’re attending in person or joining us virtually for the first time\, the summit offers a dynamic platform for collaborative learning and innovation. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with peers\, gain valuable strategic insights—and earn Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for your SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification (13 PDCs virtual). \nNeed help getting approval to attend?Download our Convince Your Manager letter to make the case. \n \n Register by 9/19/25\n \n \n \n Why you should attend\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Innovation & Success Sharing Competition\n \n \n \n Develop Your ERG Strategy to Drive Business Growth\, Innovation and High Performance\nThe Innovation and Success Sharing Competition serves as a dynamic platform for ERG leaders to develop strategies and collaborate on ideas that align their initiatives with broader organizational goals and business strategy. Companies or individuals wanting to be part of the Innovation and Success Sharing Competition start by visiting the StartupWind platform to begin their application. To support participants in shaping their submissions\, we recorded one of the pre-event workshops we hosted. These sessions provided guidance on developing a strategy\, refining ideas\, and crafting compelling success or innovation stories. You can watch the recording\, here. These submissions will then be presented and judged during the virtual component of the summit\, allowing participants to showcase their achievements and compete. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Who Attends?\nThe Strategic ERG Leadership Summit includes leaders from organizations who have established Employee Resource Group (ERGs) or are just getting their programs started. Attendees include: \n\nERG Leaders & Executive Sponsors\nHR executives or other leaders who run ERG programs or are considering adding ERGs\n\n \n Click to Register\n \n View the Agenda\n \n \n \n Meet the Researcher\n \nAffiliated Senior Research Scientist \nDr. Theresa Welbourne’s work focuses on human capital and leadership strategies that drive growth\, innovation and high performance. She is known for her work on employee energy and how energy\, direction and confidence come together to stimulate and sustain high sense of urgency cultures and organizational growth. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Benefits of the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Data-driven learning offered by top business school and research center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collaboration across organizations to advance the impact of ERGs\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Networking across industries and organizations\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Resources to help ERG leaders drive innovation and growth\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Career development and recognition\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “The ERG Leadership Summit Sponsorship enabled us to be able to bring the learning to multiple members of our ERGs through the in-person and virtual events. Multiplied the learning as all of our ERG members could work together on the competition and work with other organizations to learn from them too. A priority annual event for our team offered from USC Marshall Center for Effective Organizations.”\n2022 ERG Summit Attendee\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Become an ERG Leadership Summit Sponsor\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When you sponsor the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit\, you bring actionable insights and innovative strategies back to your organization\, backed by the expertise and partnership of the University of Southern California\, Marshall School of Business\, and its Center for Effective Organizations\, a top 20 business school and leader in ERG research since 2009. \n By supporting ERG development and fostering collaboration\, you strengthen your organization’s ability to attract and retain top talent\, develop future leaders\, enhance organizational agility\, and drive business outcomes. Sponsorship demonstrates your commitment to empowering ERGs as strategic resources that contribute to measurable success and long-term growth. \n \n LEARN ABOUT OUR SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2025 Summit Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nyah Avan\n Opportunity & Inclusion Consultant\, EN Operational Excellence & Sustainment \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lynn Casey\n Fortune 500 Strategic Insight Specialist and Futurist \n Shine Scout\, Inc. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CJ Casuto\n Senior Project Manager\, Public Safety \n \nMission Critical Partners\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Joshua Dantzler\n Workplace Culture Strategist & Consultant \n DICE Consulting \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dexter Davis\n Senior Vice President of Human Resources\, Global Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Janelle Davis\n Opportunity & Inclusion Business Support Manager\, Centralized Business & Operations \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bob Garcia\n DEI Evangelist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Linda Kim\n Opportunity & Inclusion Consultant\, EN Operational Excellence & Sustainment \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Micha Mims\n DEIB Specialist \n G.E.H.A. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Martin Nance\n Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer \n Minnesota Vikings\, NFL \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kat O'Donnell\, MSW\, LCSW\n Director of Inclusion and Belonging \n Inova Health \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kevin Ortiz\n Opportunity & Inclusion Consultant\, Global Markets\, Global Research & Institute \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Shundra Peek\n Business Support Lead\, Global Opportunity & Inclusion Organization \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Danielle Plantz\n ERG Program Manager \n nVent \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ruth Rathblott\n Bestselling Author\, Consultant\, and Leadership & Workplace Culture Expert \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Joseph Santana\n Chairman \n The CDO PowerCircle \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jennifer Sparks Taylor\n Director of Corporate Relations & Executive Education \n Center for Effective Organizations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John Sweeney\n Founder & Owner \n Brave New Outpost \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Yetta Toliver\n Global Head of Connection and Belonging \n Xerox \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Estevan Torres\n Opportunity & Inclusion Consultant\, EN Operational Excellence & Sustainment \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nat Tos-Brightup\n Graduate of the ERG Certificate Program \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melissa Walker\n Global ERG Program Manager \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Theresa Welbourne\n Affiliated Senior Research Scientist \n Center for Effective Organizations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Calandra Walker Jarrell\n Head of Global Employee Networks\, Women & Underrepresented Talent Strategy \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wanda Wallace\n Managing Partner \n Leadership Forum\, LLC \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Imelda Wicks\n Assistant Vice President of Talent\, Culture\, and Engagement \n University of Texas at Arlington \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Event Info\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Event DatesVirtual: September 25-26\, 2025 \nIndividual PricingVirtual Price: $695 \n15% Discount for teams of 5 or more. Contact us for discount. Virtual registration ends September 19\, 2025. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Need approval to attend? Click here to download a sample email to ask your manager. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hosting Sponsors\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) is world-renowned for its breakthrough research and insights on organizational performance\, effectiveness\, and talent management. CEO has been at the forefront of research on ERGs\, since 2009\, including the business impact they have on complex and newer or smaller organizations. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A trusted partner for millions of customers\, Ecolab is a global sustainability leader offering  water\, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. \nIndividuals with disabilities who need accommodations to attend this event may contact Vivian Jimenez. We request that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us at least 7 days prior to the event. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/2025-strategic-erg-leadership-summit-virtual/ ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-ERG-Summit-Virtual-Final-Version.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250925T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250925T093000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123512 CREATED:20250801T021207Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251111T051031Z UID:82554-1758787200-1758792600@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Integrating AI and Psychometrics in Selection and Assessment Decisions DESCRIPTION:Integrating AI and Psychometrics in Selection and Assessment Decisions\nSession Leaders: Nigel Guenole and Alec Levenson\nThursday\, September 25\, 2025\n8am PDT | 11am EDT | 4pm BST (1.5 hour duration)\n \n \n \n \n Are your hiring processes keeping pace with AI and psychometric advances? \nJoin us on September 25\, 2025\, for a live Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) session in which Nigel Guenole (MeasureCo founder and Affiliated Research Scientist) and Alec Levenson (Senior Research Scientist) will discuss how to integrate AI and psychometrics into selection and assessment decisions. This highly salient session will recognise that hiring decisions are increasingly shaped by algorithms and now AI\, and remind us that not all AI is created equal\, and not all measurements are meaningful. We will explore critical questions about what scientific rigour looks like in AI assessments and the role of AI and human decision-making. \nThe session will offer general insights relevant to business leaders\, as well as more technical content for hiring and organisational psychologists. \nWho should attend? \n\n HR and OD professionals involved in devising and executing talent strategies\nHR and OD responsible for hiring processes and outcomes\nHR and OD professionals involved in selection and assessment strategies and decisions\nSenior executives and decision-makers involved in selection and assessment decisions\nHR\, OD and people analytics professionals seeking to integrate AI into hiring\, selection and assessment decisions\nIndustrial Organizational psychologists interested in enhancing their understanding of current measurement and scientific principles\nDecision-makers seeking to understand current AI innovations and applications in hiring processes \n\nWhat’s the Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN)? \nThe Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) is a dynamic peer-to-peer community where we discuss and address talent\, organizational\, and strategy execution challenges. Led by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) experts Alec Levenson\, Jennifer Deal\, Sharna Wiblen EEN sessions are 90-minute virtual sessions founded on research-backed insights. By joining us for our EEN sessions\, you’ll gain access to expert and research-led discussions and practical tools and be part of a network of like-minded professionals committed to advancing enterprise effectiveness. Together\, we tackle real-world issues at a depth that drives meaningful\, lasting impact. \n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n NIGEL GUENOLE\n \n MeasureCo Founder and Affiliated Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC LEVENSON\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/integrating-ai-and-psychometrics-in-selection-and-assessment-decisions/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:EEN ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/EEN-Sept-25-2025.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250903T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250903T090000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123512 CREATED:20250722T220343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T205249Z UID:82437-1756886400-1756890000@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:USC CEO Webinar: Driving Organizational Change with Data – in the Age of AI DESCRIPTION:Driving Organizational Change with Data – in the Age of AILeaders: Alec Levenson and Alexis Fink\nWednesday\, September 3\, 20258am PT |11am ET | 4pm BST (one hour duration)\nOver the past quarter century\, workforce/people analytics has become central to the work of HR. Yet good analytical work often fails to gain traction. And even though AI is poised to transform how analytics is conducted\, it cannot solve the challenge of integrating data-based insights with effective organizational change. Integrating analytical practices with organization development and change practices can help each of these HR specialties be stronger\, driving better overall outcomes for the organization\, and make the best use of what AI has to offer. \nThis webinar: \n\nAddresses how to enable analytics to improve decision making and change for the HR leadership team and HR business partners (HRBPs).\nExamines the proliferation of dashboards\, and what they can and cannot do.\nAddresses how AI is going to transform data and analytics work – and where it will fall short.\nIntroduces a new framework to guide our understanding of where HRBPs/OD experts versus analytics experts focus their time and energy – and how to achieve better integration and outcomes across the HR function.\n\n \n Register for the Webinar\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC R. LEVENSON\n Senior Research Scientist\, Center for Effective Organizations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEXIS FINK\n Senior Research Scientist\, Center for Effective Organizations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/usc-ceo-webinar-driving-organizational-change-with-data/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Driving-Organizational-Change-with-Data-2025-AI2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250722T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250723T170000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123512 CREATED:20240926T170959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T150611Z UID:80009-1753169400-1753290000@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:2025 Strategic ERG Leadership Summit DESCRIPTION:Current & Past Sponsors\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ERG Summit Info\, Agenda & Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sponsorships\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Innovation & Success Sharing Competition\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Certificate Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The 2025 Strategic ERG Leadership Summit\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) at the USC Marshall School of Business\, in partnership with Presenting Sponsor Ecolab Inc.\, invites you to participate in the in-person edition of the 2025 Strategic Employee Resource Group (ERG) Leadership Summit\, taking place on July 22-23\, 2025\, and virtually\, September 25-26\, 2025. View the in-person agenda\, here. \nNow in its 13th year\, this data-driven learning event continues to be a premier gathering for ERG leaders and executive sponsors. Whether you’re attending in person or joining us virtually for the first time\, the summit offers a dynamic platform for collaborative learning and innovation. Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with peers\, gain valuable strategic insights—and earn Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for your SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP recertification (16 PDCs in person | 13 PDCs virtual). \nNeed help getting approval to attend?Download our Convince Your Manager letter to make the case. \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n Why you should attend\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Innovation & Success Sharing Competition\n \n \n \n Develop Your ERG Strategy to Drive Business Growth\, Innovation and High Performance\nThe Innovation and Success Sharing Competition serves as a dynamic platform for ERG leaders to develop strategies and collaborate on ideas that align their initiatives with broader organizational goals and business strategy. Companies or individuals wanting to be part of the Innovation and Success Sharing Competition start by visiting the StartupWind platform to begin their application. To support participants in shaping their submissions\, we recorded one of the pre-event workshops we hosted. These sessions provided guidance on developing a strategy\, refining ideas\, and crafting compelling success or innovation stories. You can watch the recording\, here. These submissions will then be presented and judged during the virtual component of the summit\, allowing participants to showcase their achievements and compete. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Who Attends?\nThe Strategic ERG Leadership Summit includes leaders from organizations who have established Employee Resource Group (ERGs) or are just getting their programs started. Attendees include: \n\nERG Leaders & Executive Sponsors\nHR executives or other leaders who run ERG programs or are considering adding ERGs\n\n \n Click to Register\n \n View the Agenda\n \n \n \n Meet the Researcher\n \nAffiliated Senior Research Scientist \nDr. Theresa Welbourne’s work focuses on human capital and leadership strategies that drive growth\, innovation and high performance. She is known for her work on employee energy and how energy\, direction and confidence come together to stimulate and sustain high sense of urgency cultures and organizational growth. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Benefits of the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Data-driven learning offered by top business school and research center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collaboration across organizations to advance the impact of ERGs\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Networking across industries and organizations\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Resources to help ERG leaders drive innovation and growth\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Career development and recognition\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “The ERG Leadership Summit Sponsorship enabled us to be able to bring the learning to multiple members of our ERGs through the in-person and virtual events. Multiplied the learning as all of our ERG members could work together on the competition and work with other organizations to learn from them too. A priority annual event for our team offered from USC Marshall Center for Effective Organizations.”\n2022 ERG Summit Attendee\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Become an ERG Leadership Summit Sponsor\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When you sponsor the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit\, you bring actionable insights and innovative strategies back to your organization\, backed by the expertise and partnership of the University of Southern California\, Marshall School of Business\, and its Center for Effective Organizations\, a top 20 business school and leader in ERG research since 2009. \n By supporting ERG development and fostering collaboration\, you strengthen your organization’s ability to attract and retain top talent\, develop future leaders\, enhance organizational agility\, and drive business outcomes. Sponsorship demonstrates your commitment to empowering ERGs as strategic resources that contribute to measurable success and long-term growth. \n \n LEARN ABOUT OUR SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2025 Summit Speakers (More To be Announced)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lynn Casey\n Fortune 500 Strategic Insight Specialist and Futurist \n Shine Scout\, Inc. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dexter Davis\n Senior Vice President of Human Resources\, Global Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Martin Nance\n Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer \n Minnesota Vikings\, NFL \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kat O'Donnell\, MSW\, LCSW\n Director of Inclusion and Belonging \n Inova Health \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Ruth Rathblott\n Bestselling Author\, Consultant\, and Leadership & Workplace Culture Expert \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Joseph Santana\n Chairman \n The CDO PowerCircle \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jennifer Sparks Taylor\n Director of Corporate Relations & Executive Education \n Center for Effective Organizations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John Sweeney\n Founder & Owner \n Brave New Outpost \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Yetta Toliver\n Global Head of Connection and Belonging \n Xerox \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melissa Walker\n Global ERG Program Manager \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Theresa Welbourne\n Affiliated Senior Research Scientist \n Center for Effective Organizations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nat Tos-Brightup\n Graduate of the ERG Certificate Program \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Event Info\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Event DatesIn-Person: July 22-23\, 2025Virtual: September 25-26\, 2025 \nIndividual PricingIn-person Price: $1\,195Virtual Price: $695 \n15% Discount for teams of 5 or more. Contact us for discount. Virtual registration ends July 7\, 2025. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LocationOmni Viking Lakes ResortSt. Paul – Minneapolis2611 Nordic Way\, Eagan\, MN 55121 \nAttire: Business Casual \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Need approval to attend? Click here to download a sample email to ask your manager. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Register Now\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hosting Sponsors\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) is world-renowned for its breakthrough research and insights on organizational performance\, effectiveness\, and talent management. CEO has been at the forefront of research on ERGs\, since 2009\, including the business impact they have on complex and newer or smaller organizations. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A trusted partner for millions of customers\, Ecolab is a global sustainability leader offering  water\, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. \nIndividuals with disabilities who need accommodations to attend this event may contact Vivian Jimenez. We request that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us at least 7 days prior to the event. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/2025-strategic-erg-leadership-summit/ LOCATION:Omni Viking Lakes Resort\, 2611 Nordic Way\, Eagan\, MN\, 55121\, United States CATEGORIES:ERG Summit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/CENTER-FOR-EFFECTIVE-ORGANIZATIONS-STRATEGIC-ERG-LEADERSHIP-SUMMIT-JULY-2025.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250618T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250618T110000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123513 CREATED:20250311T162357Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250617T164112Z UID:81130-1750240800-1750244400@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Learn & Compete DESCRIPTION:Learn & Compete\nSession Leader: Theresa Welbourne\n\n\nWednesday\, June 18\, 2025 10:00-11:00am PT\n\n\n \n \n \n As part of the Innovation & Success Sharing Competition\, we are hosting a virtual Learn & Compete session (6/18\, 10-11a PT) where you’ll learn how to develop your new innovation or craft your success story\, and learn how to navigate and engage with the online competition tool\, StartupWind. This session will provide you with tips\, suggestions\, and instructions for entering the competition and to prepare yourself and your team for the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit.\nRegister to be added to the USC CEO ERG Community platform.\n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for the June 18\, 2025 Session at 10am PT\n \n Contact Us to Attend the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n THERESA M. WELBOURNE\n \n \nAffiliated Senior Research Scientist\, Center for Effective Organizations\n\n\nWill and Maggie Brooke Professor in Entrepreneurship and Executive Director\, The University of Alabama\n\n  URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/learn-compete/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/New-Learn-Compete2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250529T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250529T090000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123513 CREATED:20250324T211107Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250403T024335Z UID:81214-1748505600-1748509200@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:A Strategy-First Approach to Talent Systems and Decisions DESCRIPTION:Session Leaders: Sharna Wiblen and Elizabeth Heichler\nThursday\, May 29\, 20258am PT | 11am ET | 4pm BST (1 hour duration)\n  \n \n \n \n Commercial Digitalized Talent Management (DTM) systems promise to streamline talent decisions by providing best-practice frameworks for objectively identifying talent. But when we rely too heavily on these systems\, we risk outsourcing critical strategic decisions to algorithms that don’t account for the nuances of your culture or strategic goals. \nSo\, how can executives effectively design fit-for-purpose talent systems and decisions? \nJoin the Center for Effective Organizations at the USC Marshall School of Business for an interactive webinar with renowned talent strategy expert Dr. Sharna Wiblen and Elizabeth Heichler\, Editorial Director at MIT Sloan Management Review. Together\, they’ll discuss how organizations can design talent and technology systems that serve—not hinder—their business strategy. \nWhat You’ll Gain from This Webinar \n\nA strategic-first approach. Learn how to establish talent decisions that place your unique strategy front and center.\nCustom-fit talent definitions. Understand why defining talent on your terms is essential for executing your strategy.\nHidden pitfalls of digital tools. Understand the unintended risks of relying on commercial algorithms and frameworks—and how to avoid them.\nDesign fit-for-purpose systems. Creating digital frameworks that intentionally include\, rather than seek to exclude\, human judgment.\nA new decision-making mindset. Learn the mindset shift to help you embrace the salience of everyday talent decisions.\n\nJoin us for this insightful conversation and learn how to effectively synergize talent systems with human judgment to position your organisation as a talent management leader \n \n Register Here\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SHARNA WIBLEN\, Ph.D.\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ELIZABETH HEICHLER\n \n Editorial Director at MIT Sloan Management Review \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/a-strategy-first-approach-to-talent-systems-and-decisions-are-your-talent-systems-helping-or-hindering-your-company-specific-talent-strategies/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:Webinars ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Wiblen-A-Strategy-First-Approach-Alt-Final.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250513T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250513T193000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123513 CREATED:20250327T214549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250327T222019Z UID:81323-1747159200-1747164600@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:USC/CEO APAC EEN Session: How to Make Smarter HR Decisions in Turbulent Times DESCRIPTION:How to Make Smarter HR Decisions in Turbulent Times\nSession Leaders: Alec Levenson and Sharna Wiblen\n\nTuesday\, May 13\, 2025 6:00 pm PDT (Los Angeles) | 9:00 pm EDT (New York)\nWednesday\, May 14\, 2025 11:00 am AEST (Sydney) | 9 am CST (Beijing) / 6:30 am IST (Delhi) \n1.5 hour duration\n\n  \n \n \n \n Businesses today face a complex mix of financial constraints\, supply chain disruptions\, and workforce challenges. With so many competing pressures\, how can HR and business leaders identify the most critical business challenges\, and separate signals of fundamental change from temporary disruptions? \nJoin us for a live Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) session in which Alec Levenson and Sharna Wiblen (CEO) address how you can navigate financial and operational implications associated with changing economic\, industry and technology trends. You’ll gain insights into how HR and business leaders can take a more holistic and systematic view of labor costs\, productivity and business outcomes. \nWho should attend? \n\nHR and OD professionals tasked with balancing labor costs\, productivity and business outcomes.\nHR and OD professionals seeking to align efficiency activities with strategy.\nHR and OD professionals seeking strategies for navigating financial\, HR and business needs.\nHR and OD professionals seeking to enhance the efficiency of HR policies and processes.\nSenior executives and decision-makers responsible for driving organizational change and workforce transformation\nOD Practitioners associated with designing effective organizational structures and ensuring that policies and practices align with your unique strategy\nTalent Management Leaders wanting to structure roles\, polices and processes for business outcomes\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC LEVENSON\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SHARNA WIBLEN\, Ph.D.\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/een-session-how-to-make-smarter-hr-decisions-in-turbulent-times/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:EEN ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EEN-May-13-2025.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250416T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250416T093000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123513 CREATED:20250327T205220Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250327T205452Z UID:81303-1744790400-1744795800@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:EEN Session: Turning Cost Challenges into Strategic Opportunities DESCRIPTION:Turning Cost Challenges into Strategic Opportunities\nHow can HR pursue cost efficiencies and organizational effectiveness simultaneously?\nSession Leaders: Alec Levenson and Alexis Fink\nWednesday\, April 16\, 20258am PT | 11am ET | 4pm BST (1.5 hour duration)\n  \n \n \n \n Join us on April 16 for a live Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) session in which Alec Levenson and Alexis Fink discuss how you can move beyond reactive cost-cutting measures and pursue cost efficiencies and strategic opportunities simultaneously. You’ll gain insights into how HR and business leaders can use information\, data and storytelling to promote more proactive approaches to balancing cost pressures with long-term capability building. \nWho should attend? \n\nHR and OD professionals tasked with balancing cost pressures with business outcomes.\nHR and OD professionals seeking to align efficiency activities with strategy.\nHR and OD professionals seeking strategies for navigating financial\, HR and business needs.\nHR and OD professionals seeking to decrease waste and inefficiency in HR and talent processes\nSenior executives and decision-makers responsible for driving organizational change and workforce transformation\nOD Practitioners associated with designing effective organizational structures and ensuring that policies and practices adhere to cost restraints\nTalent Management Leaders wanting to structure roles\, polices and processes for business outcomes\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC LEVENSON\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEXIS FINK\, Ph.D.\n \n Meta and CEO Senior Affiliated Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/een-session-turning-cost-challenges-into-strategic-opportunities/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:EEN ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/EEN-April-16-2025.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250320T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250320T103000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123513 CREATED:20241111T211442Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250311T172217Z UID:80385-1742461200-1742466600@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Learn and Connect Series: Discover How Generations and Life Stages Shape ERG Success DESCRIPTION:Learn and Connect with ERG Leaders and Executive Sponsors\nSession Leader: Theresa Welbourne\n\n\nThursday\, March 20\, 2025\n9:00-10:30am PT\n\n\n \n \n \n \nJoin us March 20 from 9a-10:30a PT for our Learn & Connect online meeting exploring the impact of generational differences and life stages on employee experiences and ERG dynamics. Gain actionable strategies to support members\, foster inclusivity\, and drive organizational success.\nOur creative spin on the traditional online meeting blends speed networking with key learning from your peers about topics at the heart of being an ERG leader. We started this series in response to the growing demand for peer-based learning and networking with other ERG leaders. The format for each session includes:\n\n30-minutes of Speed Networking\n30-minute Topic Presentation\n30-minute Discussion\n\nRegister to be added to the USC CEO ERG Community platform.\n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. \n \n \n \n \n \n Register for the March 20\, 2025 Session at 9am PT\n \n Contact Us to Attend the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n THERESA M. WELBOURNE\n \n \nAffiliated Senior Research Scientist\, Center for Effective Organizations\n\n\nWill and Maggie Brooke Professor in Entrepreneurship and Executive Director\, The University of Alabama\n\n  URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/learn-and-connect-series-march-2025/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:ERG,Learn & Connect Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/New-LC-Graphic2.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250311T093000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123513 CREATED:20250218T163527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T011014Z UID:80826-1741680000-1741685400@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:How HR Can Leverage Technology\, Data\, and Governance for Business Impact DESCRIPTION:How HR Can Leverage Technology\, Data\, and Governance for Business Impact\nSession Leaders: Janet Sherlock\, Alexis Fink\, and Sharna Wiblen\nTuesday\, March 11\, 2025\n8am PT | 11am ET | 3pm GMT (1.5 hour duration)\n \n \n \n \n As AI and emerging technologies change aspects of work\, HR and OD leaders must also rethink how work and systems are designed. \nJoin us on Tuesday 11th March for our next live Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) session in which Janet Sherlock (Former Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Ralph Lauren and CEO of Org.Works)\, Alexis Fink (Meta and CEO Senior Affiliated Research Scientist) and Sharna Wiblen (CEO) will discuss strategies to amplify HR and OD’s value. You’ll gain an appreciation for the connections between IT governance\, structuring for AI and the salience of enterprise data. \nWho should attend? \n\nHR and OD professionals seeking to ensure that can demonstrate their value and connect actions to business outcomes\nSenior executives and decision-makers responsible for driving organizational change and workforce transformation\, particularly in the context of AI adoption and emerging technologies.\nOD Practitioners associated with designing effective organizational structures and ensuring that talent management aligns with technological advancements.\nTalent Management Leaders wanting to structure roles and enhance technology capabilities\nLearning and Development Managers tasked with upskilling initiatives\nGovernance and Compliance professionals wanting to build governance frameworks that support deploying and managing technological innovations\nChange Management professionals who are facilitating technology and/or governance transitions\n\nWhat’s the Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN)? \nThe Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) is a dynamic peer-to-peer community where we discuss and address talent\, organizational\, and strategy execution challenges. Led by USC’s Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) experts Alec Levenson\, Jennifer Deal\, Sharna Wiblen EEN sessions are 90-minute virtual sessions founded on research-backed insights. By joining us for our EEN sessions\, you’ll gain access to expert and research-led discussions and practical tools and be part of a network of like-minded professionals committed to advancing enterprise effectiveness. Together\, we tackle real-world issues at a depth that drives meaningful\, lasting impact. \n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n JANET SHERLOCK\, Ed.D.\n \n Former Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Ralph Lauren and CEO of Org.works \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEXIS FINK\, Ph.D.\n \n Meta and CEO Senior Affiliated Research Scientist\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SHARNA WIBLEN\, Ph.D.\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/how-hr-can-leverage-technology-data-and-governance-for-business-impact/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:EEN ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/EEN-March-11-2025.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250304T083000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250516T170000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123513 CREATED:20240731T173959Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250325T212040Z UID:79401-1741077000-1747414800@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:2025 Strategic Organization Design & Activation Workshops (Enrollment Includes both Workshops) DESCRIPTION: Comprehensive Two-Part Strategic Org Design Certificate Program (Enrollment Includes both Workshops)\n\nPart 1: Strategic Organization Design Workshop (3/4/25-3/7/25)\nPart 2 (Part 1 is a Prerequisite): Strategic Organization Design Activation Workshop (5/14/25-5/16/25)\nComplete both the Strategic Organization Design Workshop and the Strategic Organization Design Activation Workshop to earn your Certificate in Strategic Organization Design.\n\n\nAbout the Strategic Organization Design Workshop\nDeepen your understanding and sharpen your skills: Organizational design is a cornerstone of competitive advantage and performance. The ability to design organizations that are efficient enough to drive performance and flexible enough to sustain advantage is a fundamental capability in today’s dynamic and competitive environment. Dynamic strategies call for new organizational forms that pose complex new design challenges at all levels and in all sub-systems of the organization.\nThis workshop provides participants with the principles\, frameworks\, and tools of organization design for those who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the topic. It also addresses the ever-increasing challenges created by a growing digital economy where work\, change\, and design issues are merging.\nAttendees might include:\n\nHuman Resource Professionals\nHuman Resource Business Partners\nHuman Resource COE Professionals\nLine Managers and Design Teams\nInternal Corporate Consultants\nOrganization Development Professionals\nTalent Management\, Total Rewards\, HR Operations\nInternal Consultants\n\n\nAbout the Strategic Organization Design Activation Workshop\nSome of the more difficult design challenges occur after the organization chart has been communicated.  Activating a design successfully\, that results in sustainable competitive advantage\, is a formidable task.\nIn this highly interactive\, practical program\, participants will learn how to apply and leverage activation-related frameworks in addition to the frameworks and tools learned in the Strategic Organization Design workshop.  Real life case studies will be used to highlight applications.\nParticipants will learn how to:\n\nIntegrate organization design with business model frameworks\nApply a systems-thinking approach to activation\nOrchestrate identification and activation of effective lateral connections\nAddress micro-design challenges related to management processes\, rewards\, and people\nEnsure effective design governance and change management to activate and sustain the changes\nUnderstand how to influence and manage design fatigue and resistance\nThis course is especially beneficial for individuals or teams who are currently working on design activation.\n\n  \nAttendees are eligible to earn up to 15 SHRM PDCs (Professional Development Credits).\n  \nClick here to download a justification email template.\n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. \nIndividuals with disabilities who need accommodations to attend this event may contact Vivian Jimenez. We request that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us at least 7 days prior to the event. Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LOCATION:\nMicrosoft Campus\n1 Microsoft WayRedmond\, WA 98052 \n \n \n \n INSTRUCTORS:\nChris Worley\nBeth Gunderson\nLiz Vales Damron\n\n \n \n \n Registration Deadline\nFebruary 10\, 2025 \nPricing (Enrollment Includes both Org Design & Org Design Activation Workshops)\nNon-Sponsor: $11\,695Sponsor: $9\,470 (use your sponsor discount code at checkout) \nDiscount\nWhen signing up for the Strategic Organization Design Certificate Program\, groups of three or more from the same Non-Sponsor company will receive a 10% discount.  Contact Vivian Jimenez to receive this discount. \nQualifications\nAlthough this workshop provides a broad overview and hands-on tools\, it is designed for people with some grounding in organization design issues. \nCancellations\n\nOn or before 2/10/25 the cancellation fee is $250.00.\nFrom 2/11/25 to 2/24/25\, 50% of the fee will be refunded.\nRegistration fees are non-refundable for cancellations received after 2/24/25 and for no-shows.\n\n \n Register Here\n \n March Workshop Agenda\n \n May Workshop Agenda\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CHRISTOPHER G. WORLEY\, Ph.D.\n \n Research Professor of Management\nPepperdine University &\nCEO Affiliated Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BETH GUNDERSON\n \n CEO Affiliate Practitioner &\nMinikahda Partners\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LIZ VALES DAMRON\n \n Principal at Liz Vales Consulting URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/2024-strategic-organization-design-activation-workshops/ LOCATION:Private: One Microsoft Way Redmond\, WA 98052\, One Microsoft Way\, Redmond\, WA\, 98052 CATEGORIES:Org Design ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Strategic-Org-Design-Certificate.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250304 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250308 DTSTAMP:20260426T123513 CREATED:20230428T205502Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241209T221441Z UID:74767-1741046400-1741391999@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Strategic Organization Design Workshop DESCRIPTION:Deepen your understanding and sharpen your skills\n  \nOrganizational design is a cornerstone of competitive advantage and performance. The ability to design organizations that are efficient enough to drive performance and flexible enough to sustain advantage is a fundamental capability in today’s dynamic and competitive environment. Dynamic strategies call for new organizational forms that pose complex new design challenges at all levels and in all sub-systems of the organization.\nThis workshop provides participants with the principles\, frameworks\, and tools of organization design for those who wish to develop a deeper understanding of the topic. It also addresses the ever-increasing challenges created by a growing digital economy where work\, change\, and design issues are merging.\nAttendees might include:\n\nHuman Resource Professionals\nLine Managers and Design Teams\nInternal Corporate Consultants\nOrganization Development Professionals\n\nAttendees are eligible to earn up to 21 SHRM PDCs (Professional Development Credits).\nClick here to download a justification email template.\n  \n  \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LOCATION:\nMicrosoft Campus\, One Microsoft Way\, Redmond WA\n \n \n \n INSTRUCTORS:\nChris Worley\nBeth Gunderson\nSPEAKER:\nLiz Vales Damron\n \n \n \n Registration Deadline\nFebruary 10\, 2025 \nPricing\nNon-Sponsor: $6\,195Sponsor: $4\,975 \nDiscount Options\nWhen signing up for a single workshop\, groups of two or more from the same Non-Sponsor company will receive a 10% discount.  Contact Vivian Jimenez to receive this discount. \nQualifications\nAlthough this workshop provides a broad overview and hands-on tools\, it is designed for people with some grounding in organization design issues. \nCancellations\n\nOn or before 2/10/25 the cancellation fee is $250.00.\nFrom 2/11/25 to 2/24/25\, 50% of the fee will be refunded.\nRegistration fees are non-refundable for cancellations received after 2/24/25 and for no-shows.\n\n \n Register Now\n \n Agenda\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Earn a Certificate\n \nOrganization design is a critical organizational capability in today’s dynamic global economy\, and that’s why we offer a Certificate in Strategic Organization Design. Complete both the Strategic Organization Design Workshop and the Strategic Organization Design Activation Workshop to earn your Certificate in Strategic Organization Design. This new certificate offering from the Center for Effective Organizations\, Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California\, will only be offered once in 2025.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Learn More\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP INSTRUCTORS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CHRISTOPHER G. WORLEY\, Ph.D.\n \n Research Professor of ManagementPepperdine University &CEO Affiliated Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n BETH GUNDERSON\n \n CEO Affiliate Practitioner &Minikahda Partners \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LIZ VALES DAMRON\n \n Principal at Liz Vales Consulting URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/strategic-organization-design/ LOCATION:Private: One Microsoft Way Redmond\, WA 98052\, One Microsoft Way\, Redmond\, WA\, 98052 ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Org-Design-Microsoft-Main-Graphic.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250211T093000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123513 CREATED:20241218T221023Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250311T173403Z UID:80555-1739260800-1739266200@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Changing Realities of 2025: Identifying and Negotiating the Necessary from the Noise DESCRIPTION:Changing Realities of 2025: Identifying and Negotiating the Necessary from the Noise\nSession Leader: Alec Levenson\nTuesday\, February 11\, 20258am PT | 11am ET | 4pm GMT (1.5 hour duration)\n  \n \n \n \n The operating environment for business is as demanding today as it has been for quite some time. With so many different operational\, financial\, and workforce challenges\, how can we know which ones are more important and should be prioritized? \nJoin us on Tuesday\, February 11\, for the first 2025 session of the Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN). Led by Alec Levenson\, this session will address how to decipher which challenges are leading indicators of fundamental change from those that are noise. You’ll also gain an appreciation for changing externalities as we recognize two key challenges – the end of easy ways to finance current and future operations and the still-persistent supply chain and talent disruptions that the pandemic triggered. \nWho should attend? \n\nSenior executives and decision-makers tasked with understanding and navigating the financial and operational implications of changing externalities. \nSenior HR executives tasked with talent-related impacts of macro changes.\nStrategy and planning leaders tasked with designing talent and workforce planning strategies. \nLearning and development leaders tasked with developing and delivering programs addressing skills gaps.\nEmployee experience leaders interested in the impact and influence of external factors on employee morale\, engagement and productivity.\n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC LEVENSON\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/een-session-changing-realities-of-2025-identifying-and-negotiating-the-necessary-from-the-noise/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:EEN ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/EEN-February-11-2025.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241212T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241212T103000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123513 CREATED:20241111T154227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241111T200642Z UID:80342-1733994000-1733999400@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:Learn and Connect Series: Strategic Resource Groups Achieving Organizational Goals DESCRIPTION:Learn and Connect with ERG and DEI Leaders from Global Organizations\nSession Leader: Theresa Welbourne\n\n\nThursday\, December 12\, 2024\n9:00-10:30am PT\n\n\n \n \n \n \nJoin fellow ERG leaders and experts to learn from each other and to connect with one another. Our creative spin on the traditional online meeting blends speed networking with key learning from your peers about topics at the heart of being an ERG leader. We started this series in response to the growing demand for peer-based learning and networking with other ERG leaders. Please join the USC CEO ERG Community and consider being one of our guest topic speakers in the future. The format for each session includes: \n\n30-minutes of Speed Networking\n30-minute Topic Presentation\n30-minute Discussion\n\nRegister to be added to the USC CEO ERG Community platform.\n \n \n \n \nDecember 12 Session Description\nJoin us as we embark on a transformative journey to professionalize and elevate the field of employee resource groups (ERGs) by developing a new model that enhances their impact within organizations. This is the time to move forward—beyond traditional ERGs to a framework that formalizes standards\, amplifies visibility\, and aligns these groups as strategic assets to drive organizational goals.\nWe invite companies interested in pioneering this evolution to collaborate with us. Together\, we will establish best practices and a standardized approach that positions these groups as Strategic Resource Groups (SRGs)\, setting the stage for long-term success and meaningful outcomes.\n \n \n \n \n \n Register for the December 12\, 2024 Session at 9am PT\n \n Contact Us to Attend the Global ERG Summit\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKER\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n THERESA M. WELBOURNE\n \n \nAffiliated Senior Research Scientist\, Center for Effective Organizations\n\n\nWill and Maggie Brooke Professor in Entrepreneurship and Executive Director\, The University of Alabama\n\n  URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/strategic-resource-groups-achieving-organizational-goals/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:ERG,Learn & Connect Series ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/New-Learn-and-Connect-1140x576-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241211T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241211T093000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123514 CREATED:20241111T220652Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T011150Z UID:80390-1733904000-1733909400@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:EEN Session: Driving Business Performance through Culture Analytics DESCRIPTION:Driving Business Performance through Culture Analytics\nSession Leaders: Hani Nabeel and Sharna Wiblen\nWednesday\, December 11\, 20248am PT | 11am ET | 4pm GMT (1.5 hour duration)\n‘Culture is like the wind: blowing in your direction\, it makes for smooth sailing; blowing against you\, everything is more difficult.’ \n– Hani Nabeel \n  \n \n \n \n With many organizations failing at organizational change and transformation projects\, don’t miss Hani Nabeel\, Chief Behavioral Scientist at iPsychTech\, as he joins us for an Enterprise Effectiveness Network (EEN) session on 11th December 2024. \nYou’ll gain a 5-step approach to transforming organizational culture using behavioral science principles to ensure that your organizational culture is not just a set of nice words and become armed with an understanding of the people and place culture-based measurements to set you and your organization up for strategic success. \nWho should attend? \n\nHR professionals looking to advance and improve organizational culture\nEmerging leaders poised to take on greater leadership roles in the future\nLeaders and decision makers wanting to improve team behaviors and outcomes\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n HANI NABEEL\, Ph.D.\n \n Chief Behavioral ScientistiPsychTech \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SHARNA WIBLEN\, Ph.D.\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUniversity’s Notice of Non-Discrimination\nThis program is open to all eligible individuals. The Center for Effective Organizations operates all of its programs and activities consistent with the University’s Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race\, sex\, ethnicity\, sexual orientation\, or any other prohibited factor. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/een-session-driving-business-performance-through-culture-analytics/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:EEN ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/EEN-December-11-2024-1.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241107T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20241107T093000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123514 CREATED:20241004T022623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250924T011316Z UID:80065-1730966400-1730971800@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:EEN Session: Designing the Future of HR and HR Professionals DESCRIPTION:Designing the Future of HR and HR Professionals\nSession leaders: Richard Rosenow\, Alec Levenson\, Max Blumberg and Sharna Wiblen\nThursday\, November 7th\, 20248:00am PT / 11:00am ET / 4:00pm GMT(1.5 hour duration)\nThe role of HR is undergoing a significant transformation\, and the acceleration of AI is pushing this shift further into the spotlight. Historically\, HR professionals directly supported employees\, but today we see a growing shift—HR now focuses on supporting the systems that support the workforce. While not new\, this trend is gaining momentum as AI-powered systems take on many of the operational and administrative tasks that HR once managed. \nIn this session\, we will\, \n\nExplore what the future holds for HR professionals as we increasingly transition into roles that involve managing and governing the technology that supports human work.\nConsider how HR can ensure that AI systems reflect company values\, align with workforce strategies\, and adhere to legal and ethical standards.\nDiscuss how HR must evolve\, becoming key decision-makers in selecting\, configuring\, and governing AI-powered tools\nConsider the value of human-based decision-making when navigating technological innovations.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Contact Us to Join EEN Meetings\n \n Learn more about EEN\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SPEAKERS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n RICHARD ROSENOW\n \n VP People Analytics Strategy\, One Model \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n ALEC R. LEVENSON\, Ph.D.\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MAX BLUMBERG\, Ph.D.\n \n Founder Blumberg Partnership \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n SHARNA WIBLEN\, Ph.D.\n \n CEO Senior Research Scientist URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/een-session-designing-the-future-of-hr-and-hr-professionals/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:EEN ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/2024-EEN-Upcoming-Events.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240918T073000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240919T170000 DTSTAMP:20260426T123514 CREATED:20231027T160421Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240926T165319Z UID:76342-1726644600-1726765200@ceo.usc.edu SUMMARY:2024 Strategic ERG Leadership Summit DESCRIPTION:Current & Past Sponsors\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Home Page\, Agenda\, & Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sponsorships\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Innovation & Success Sharing Competition\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Certificate Program\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Research\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The 2024 Strategic ERG Leadership Summit\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) at the USC Marshall School of Business\, in partnership with Presenting Sponsor Ecolab Inc.\, invites you to participate in the virtual edition of the 2024 Strategic Employee Resource Group (ERG) Leadership Summit\, taking place on September 18-19\, 2024. \nNow in its 12th year\, this data-driven learning event continues to be a premier gathering for ERG leaders\, diversity\, equity\, and inclusion executives\, and executive sponsors. While the in-person event in Minneapolis/St. Paul\, MN\, on July 16-17\, 2024\, was a success\, there’s still an opportunity to engage and network virtually. Whether you attended in person or are joining us for the first time\, the virtual summit offers a dynamic platform for collaborative learning and innovation. Don’t miss this chance to connect with peers and gain valuable insights in the DEI space. \nClick Here for the Agenda.\n \n \n \n Why you should attend\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Innovation & Success Sharing Competition\n \n \n \n The Innovation and Success Sharing Competition provides a platform for organizations to generate new ideas and share their successes. Companies or individuals wanting to be part of the Innovation and Success Sharing Competition start visiting the StartupWind platform to begin their application. To facilitate the process\, we will be hosting pre-event workshops\, already included in the Summit\, where they receive guidance on putting together their success or innovation stories. These submissions will then be presented and judged during the virtual component of the summit\, allowing participants to showcase their achievements and compete. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Who Attends?\nThe Strategic ERG Leadership Summit includes leaders from organizations who have established Employee Resource Group (ERGs) or are just getting their programs started. Attendees include: \n\nERG Leaders & Executive Sponsors\nDiversity\, Equity\, Inclusion\, and Belonging Leaders\nHR executives or other leaders who run ERG programs or are considering adding ERGs\n\n \n \n \n Meet the Researcher\n \nAffiliated Senior Research Scientist \nDr. Theresa Welbourne’s work focuses on human capital and leadership strategies that drive growth\, innovation and high performance. She is known for her work on employee energy and how energy\, direction and confidence come together to stimulate and sustain high sense of urgency cultures and organizational growth. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Benefits of the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Data-driven learning offered by top business school and research center\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Collaboration across organizations to advance the impact of ERGs\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Networking across industries and organizations\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Resources to help ERG leaders drive innovation and growth\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Career development and recognition\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n “The ERG Leadership Summit Sponsorship enabled us to be able to bring the learning to multiple members of our ERGs through the in-person and virtual events. Multiplied the learning as all of our ERG members could work together on the competition and work with other organizations to learn from them too. A priority annual event for our team offered from USC Marshall Center for Effective Organizations.”\n2022 ERG Summit Attendee\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Become an ERG Leadership Summit Sponsor\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n When you sponsor the Strategic ERG Leadership Summit\, you are able to bring new learnings to your organization and teams\, all with the partnership and support of a major university\, the University of Southern California\, an organization that’s been on the forefront of ERG research since 2009\, the Center for Effective Organizations. \nParticipating also can improve your organization’s image\, prestige and credibility in the Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion space. Sponsoring the Summit establishes your role as a key leader in your industry and signals your support for DE&I in the marketplace. \nSupporting Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion efforts in the broader community can also help you recruit and retain talent – the best people want to work for the best people. And it also helps show your DE&I commitment to staff members at all levels of your organization. \n \n LEARN ABOUT OUR SPONSORSHIP PACKAGES\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n 2024 Summit Speakers\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Christophe Beck\n CEO \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Sharon Birt\n Vice President\, Senior Academy Manager\, The Academy for Global Human Resources \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lisa Boysen Kirkwood\n Sr. Director of Pharmacy and co-chair of Generations+ \n Blue Cross and Blue Shield Minnesota \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Laura Brock\n Chief Inclusion and Diversity Officer \n nVent \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Cherokee M. Carroll\n Agency Employee Resource Group (ERG) Program Manager Office of Diversity and Equal Opportunity (ODEO) \n NASA \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n David Casey\n Chief Inclusion and Social Impact Officer \n Tapestry\, Inc. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lynn Casey\n CEO/Founder \n Shine Scout\, Inc. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n CJ Casuto\n Senior Project Manager \n Mission Critical Partners \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Wendy Cox\n Senior Vice President; Diversity and Inclusion Manager \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dexter Davis\n Senior Vice President of Human Resources\, Global Diversity\, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jeni Demeranville\n Co-lead of the Mental Wellness & Disability Associate Recourse Group \n Securian Financial \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Juan Diaz\n Business Development Manager \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rebecca Harris\n DEI Director \n Elastic \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Emmy Harrison\n VP\, Human Resources\, leader of ADAPT \n nVent \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Elena Imaretska\n Director\, Global DEI\, Commercial Business \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Bob Johansen\n Distinguished Fellow \n Institute for the Future \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Soren Kaplan\n Award-winning Author\, Former Corporate Executive\, and Managing Principal of InnovationPoint \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Morgan Kinross-Wright\n VP Community Relations & Executive Director \n Land O’Lakes Foundation \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Orson Ledezma\n Sr VP & GM Food & Beverage North America \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Yolanda Lindsay\n Senior Vice-President\, Global Human Resources Global Women’s Portfolio & Strategy \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jamie Lorio\n Inclusion Lead\, Disability Program Advisor\, and ERG Program Manager \n US Department of Defense \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tariq Malik\n Second Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer \n Securian Financial \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Karen Marsh\n Vice President of Quality and Process Engineering \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Paul Martin\n Global Chief Diversity Officer \n Sony Pictures Entertainment \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Marsha Mihok\n Director of Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Zoë Muellerleile\n MNClusive ERG Vice-chair\, State of MN\, Vice-Chair\, LGBTQIA+ \n Minnesota Department of Transportation \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Danny Ngo\n Diversity\, Equity\, & Inclusion ERG Program Manager \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tom Noon\n Principal Financial Analyst \n Blue Cross and Blue Shield Minnesota \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Lainie Passero\n Diversity & Inclusion Business Management Global Human Resources \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jaime Proman\n Second Vice President\, Enterprise Strategy \n Securian Financial \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Rebecca Robinson\n Vice President & Chief Diversity\, Equity\, and Inclusion Officer \n Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jameel Rush\n Director of Inclusion Programs \n Google \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Joseph Santana\n Chairman \n The CDO PowerCircle \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nash Shaikh\n Director\, Chief of Staff to the President & CEO \n Blue Cross and Blue Shield Minnesota \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Margi Simmons\n Director of Applied Improvisation \n Brave New Outpost \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Molly Sjostrom\n Senior Diversity\, Inclusion & Belonging Manager \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Jennifer Sparks\n Director of Corporate Relations & Executive Education \n Center for Effective Organizations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Kat Stermer\n Manager of Connected Radio Metadata \n Xperi \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Nichole J. Thompson\n SVP\, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant Employee Network Leadership Team \n Bank of America \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Yetta Toliver\n Global Head of Diversity\, Inclusion and Belonging \n Xerox \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Melissa Walker\n Global ERG Program Manager \n Ecolab \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Angela Walters\n Senior Learning and Development Consultant \n Chemours \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Theresa Welbourne\n Affiliated Senior Research Scientist \n Center for Effective Organizations \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Event Info\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Event DatesIn-Person: July 16-17\, 2024 (Sold Out)Virtual: September 18-19\, 2024 \nVirtual sponsorships and tickets are still available. \nIndividual PricingIn-person Price: $1\,195 (Sold Out)Virtual Price: $695 \n15% Discount for teams of 5 or more. Contact us for discount. Virtual registration ends September 9\, 2024. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n LocationOmni Viking Lakes ResortSt. Paul – Minneapolis2611 Nordic Way\, Eagan\, MN 55121 \nAttire: Business Casual \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Need approval to attend? Click here to download a sample email to ask your manager. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n REGISTER HERE\n \n \n \n Virtual sponsorships and tickets are still available. \n \n \n \n Virtual sponsorships are still available as well as virtual tickets. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Hosting Sponsors\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Center for Effective Organizations (CEO) is world-renowned for its breakthrough research and insights on organizational performance\, effectiveness\, and talent management. CEO has been at the forefront of research on ERGs\, since 2009\, including the business impact they have on complex and newer or smaller organizations. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n A trusted partner for millions of customers\, Ecolab is a global sustainability leader offering  water\, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services that protect people and the resources vital to life. URL:https://ceo.usc.edu/event/2024-strategic-erg-leadership-summit/ LOCATION:Virtual\, CA\, United States CATEGORIES:ERG Summit ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://ceo.usc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2024-ERG-FINAL-VIRTUAL.png ORGANIZER;CN="Vivian Jimenez":MAILTO:vivianji@marshall.usc.edu END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR